ESPN Releases SEC Basketball Preseason Power Rankings

ESPN released SEC Basketball preseason power rankings this week and pegged LSU at No. 4 behind Kentucky, Tennessee, and Auburn. Here's what they had to say about that Tigers.

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4. LSU Tigers: Will Wade's team suffered a tragic loss when Wayde Sims, who averaged 5.6 PPG in 2017-18 and anticipated a larger role for the upcoming season, was shot and killed last month. The Tigers will move forward with heavy hearts. But Tremont Waters (15.9 PPG, 6.0 APG) will lead a group with a top-10 recruiting class and a pair of big standouts, Oregon transfer Kavell Bigby-Williams and five-star freshman Naz Reid, in the most promising season since Ben Simmons' lone season in Baton Rouge.

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Complete Preseason Power Rankings:
1. Kentucky
2. Tennessee
3. Auburn
4. LSU
5. Mississippi State
6. Florida
7. Alabama
8. Missouri
9. Vanderbilt
10. Arkansas
11. Texas A&M
12. South Carolina
13. Georgia
14. Ole Miss